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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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