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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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