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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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