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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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