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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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