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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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