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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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