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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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