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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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