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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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