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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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