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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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