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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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