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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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