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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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