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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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