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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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