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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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