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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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