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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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