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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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