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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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