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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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