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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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