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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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