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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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