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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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