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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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