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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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