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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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