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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the 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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