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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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