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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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