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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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