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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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