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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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