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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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