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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. 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 MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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