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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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