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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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