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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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