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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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