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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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