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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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