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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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