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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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