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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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