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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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