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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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