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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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