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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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