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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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