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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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