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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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