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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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