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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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