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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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