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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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