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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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