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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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