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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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