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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines 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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