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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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