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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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 issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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