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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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