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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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