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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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