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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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