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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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