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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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