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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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