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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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