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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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