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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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