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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. 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. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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