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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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