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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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