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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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