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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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