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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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