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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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