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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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