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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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