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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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