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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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