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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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