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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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