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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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