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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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