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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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