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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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