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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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