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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)