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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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