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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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