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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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