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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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