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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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