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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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