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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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