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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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