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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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