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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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