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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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