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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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