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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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