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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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