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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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