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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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