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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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