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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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