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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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