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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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