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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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