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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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