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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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