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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews 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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