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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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