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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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