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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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