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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)