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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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