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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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