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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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