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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses 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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