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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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