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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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