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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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