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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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