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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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