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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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