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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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