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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources