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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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