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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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