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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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