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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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