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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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