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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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