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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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