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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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