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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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