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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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