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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes 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. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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