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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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