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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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