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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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