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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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