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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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