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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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