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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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