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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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