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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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