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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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