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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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