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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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