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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major 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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