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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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