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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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