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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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