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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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