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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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