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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take 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. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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