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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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