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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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