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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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