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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources