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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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