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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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