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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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