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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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