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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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