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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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