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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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