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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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