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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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