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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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