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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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