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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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