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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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