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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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