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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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