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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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