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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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