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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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