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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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