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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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