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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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