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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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