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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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