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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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