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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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