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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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