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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key 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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