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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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