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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important 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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