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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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