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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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