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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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