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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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