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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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