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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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