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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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