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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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