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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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