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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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