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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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