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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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