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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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