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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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