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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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