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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes 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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