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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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