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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants 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. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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