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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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