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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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