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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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