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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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