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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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