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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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