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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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