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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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