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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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