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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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