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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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