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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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