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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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