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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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