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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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