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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses 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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