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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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