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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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