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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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