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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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