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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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