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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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