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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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