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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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