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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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