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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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