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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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