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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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