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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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