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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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