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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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