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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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