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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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