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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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