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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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