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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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