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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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