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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses 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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