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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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