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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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