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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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