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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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