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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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