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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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