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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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