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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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