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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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