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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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