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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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