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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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