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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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