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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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