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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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