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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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