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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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