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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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