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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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