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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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