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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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