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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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