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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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