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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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