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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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