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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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