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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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