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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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