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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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