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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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