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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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