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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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