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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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