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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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