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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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