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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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