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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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