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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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