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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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