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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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