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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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