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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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