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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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