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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important 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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