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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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