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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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