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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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