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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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