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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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