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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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