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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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