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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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