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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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