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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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