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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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