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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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