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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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