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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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