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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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