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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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