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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes 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. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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