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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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