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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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