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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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