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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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