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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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