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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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