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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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