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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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