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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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