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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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