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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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