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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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