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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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