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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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