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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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