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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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