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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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