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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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