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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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