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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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