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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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