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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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