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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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