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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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