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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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