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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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