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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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