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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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