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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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