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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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