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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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