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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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