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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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