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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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