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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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