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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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