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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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