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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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