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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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