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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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