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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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