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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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