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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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