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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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