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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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