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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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