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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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