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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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