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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines 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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