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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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