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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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