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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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