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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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