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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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