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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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