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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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