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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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