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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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