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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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