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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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