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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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