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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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