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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important 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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