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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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