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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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