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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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