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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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