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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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