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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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