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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates 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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