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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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