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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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