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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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