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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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