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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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