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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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