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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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