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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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