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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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