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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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