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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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