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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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