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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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