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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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