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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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