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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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