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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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