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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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