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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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