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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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