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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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