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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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