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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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