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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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