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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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