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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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