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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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