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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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