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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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