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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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