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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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