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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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