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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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