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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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