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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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