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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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