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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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