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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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