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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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