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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education