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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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