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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses 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. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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