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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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