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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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