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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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