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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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