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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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