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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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