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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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