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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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