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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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