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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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