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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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