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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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