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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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