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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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