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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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