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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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