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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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