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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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