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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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