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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take 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. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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