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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key 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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