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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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