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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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