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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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