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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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