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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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