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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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