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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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