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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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