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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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