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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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