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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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