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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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