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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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