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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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