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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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