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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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