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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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