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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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