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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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