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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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