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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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