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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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