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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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