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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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