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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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