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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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