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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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