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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative 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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