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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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