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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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