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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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