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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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