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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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