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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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