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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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