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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the 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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