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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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