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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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