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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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