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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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