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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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