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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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