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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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