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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes 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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