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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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