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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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