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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes 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 MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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