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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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