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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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