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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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