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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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