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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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