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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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