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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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