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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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