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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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