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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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