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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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