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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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