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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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