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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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