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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education