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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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