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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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