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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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