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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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